Writing about the plague at the end of the 17th century, ______ (1977) describes how certain areas of a town were cordoned off and kept under continuous vigil with guards inspecting every part of the town to ensure that no-one escaped to spread the disease further.

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The use of quarantine during outbreaks of disease was a key feature of the development of modern forms of discipline and control over populations, which was the focus of Michel Foucault's work on power and governance. Therefore, he is the most likely author to have written about the cordoning off of towns during a plague outbreak in the 17th century. The other options, Jeremy Bentham, Cesare Lombroso, and Cesare Beccaria, are all famous for their work on different aspects of crime and punishment, but are less likely to have focused on the use of quarantine during a plague outbreak.

Writing About the Plague at the End of the 17th